Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-11-30

McCosh the degree Of a. NJ All his
subsequent work has been in the
line Of that essay. lie was born a student
Of the laws Of mind and the moral nature.
He was ordained in 1885 minister Of the
Established Church of standardization
ately called the krk--but in 1913 he
joined in the secession and assisted in
establishing the so called free Church of
Scotland" His first noted work was en-
titled method Of the Divine Government
Physical and Moral" The title indi-
Gates the daring nature Of the inquiry.
The book was, in fact, an attempt to
revolutionize the methods of theology
and philosophy then current. In the
days of the "Hamiltonians"
in all tie days before McCosh-
the tendency had been to begin all IN
quiries into supernal things by assuming
certain great principles and certain in
buttons and reasoning from them to con
illusions as to what Gci must be and man
ought to be. The young disputant at
tempted nothing less than complete re
vclsal and the adoption of subs tautially
the same system in theology which the
present. school Of scientists applies in
natural things, viz: Begin with the
proved and admitted facts of the physical
world and from them draw conclusions as
to the unseen.
In 1862 he followed this with ''The
Supernatural in Relation TO the Natural"
in the same line. Both works were ex-
ceedngly timely, for they circulated just
before that wonderful series of deductions
and assertions which the public knows by
the vague name Of "Dnrwinism'' - II
system which attempts in material
things what McCosh had in spiritual.
AS the author had to some extent antici-
patcd the argument against Christianity
drawn from "DarwiniSm" and by
"l!erbert SpenCerism," his works oh
ta4cd a high reputation both in
Europe and America. His con-
Clu~ion we may thus state in our
own words: The distinction is only con-
ventiona!, for the so called natural is but
minor system of the great supernatural
from which it springs. a miracle, for in
stance, Is not a Violation Of law; It is sim
ply the operation Of another law "a higher
law, il you please, is Il state statute is in
operative where United States law APP
plies 10 the case.
ia 1851 he was appointed professor of
logic and metaphysics in Queen college,
Belfast, and there wrote "lntentons of
the Mud Inductivcly lnvcstiGated'-in
the same line Us his former works In
1866 lie made touc Of the United States,
and his reputation, already great, WAS so
Inuch increased that he was urged to &C
ccpt the presidency Of Princeton college.
which he did, and in 1868 removed to that
city. Subsequent events, especially his
amusing little episode with DR. Oliver
WCudcl Holmes, cannot be understood
without noting few facts il the previous
history Of Princeton.
The college OF New Jersey was founded
in l1lG, opened III isi7 at Elizabeth and
removed in li51 to princeton, the first
structure being called Nassau hall, in
honor Of William of Orange One plcsi-
Gent of this college, Or. Witherspoon, and
two graduates, Richard Stockton and
benianiu Rush, were siCners of the
Declaration Of Independence; nine Cradu-
ates were IN the convention that framed
the constitution OF the United States, and
its record for patriotism aud ability has
never been furnished. Rev Aaron Burr
was its second president, and the illus
trious Jonathan Edwards its third. Thi,
gives point 10 the humorous lines Of DR.
Holmes SO widely quoted last year Rev
DR.. John Mcl.ean was president from 1854
10 lSGS, when Rev. Dir james MoCnsh
succeeded him Harvard college con
fcrred the degree Of IL. ID. npon the new
president aud his accession was hailed at
Princeton as Il joyful event Il awakened
more interest than any previous event Of
that mature IN America, and his inaugura-